Understanding Understanding: An Evolutionary Autonomous Agent Approach

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-146

  Borrett, Donald S ^a   Kwan, Hon C ^b  

^a TORONTO EAST GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

dynamical systems theory; evolutionary autonomous agents; hermeneutic circle; phenomenology; temporality

Indexed keywords

EID: 45449119491     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2680.12.2.137     Document Type: Article

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